Fractional CFO / Head Accountant as a service
We provide outsourced CFO services for companies that need experienced financial leadership without hiring full-time. Our engagement can be short-term or long-term — from just a few hours a month to full involvement during critical periods. This model is ideal for transitions, absences, or when budgets don’t allow for another full-time hire.
With our outsourced CFO services, you get flexibility, expertise, and continuity. We support your company’s finance function exactly where and when it’s needed. In other words, we fill the gap with precision and care.
- Temporary CFO / Head Accountant role – after staff departure or during recruitment, ensuring continuity and avoiding disruption.
- Part-time support – e.g. one day per week or 10 hours monthly, adjusted to your business reality.
- Substitution during vacations or sick leave – we keep processes running and secure.
- Flexible hours – tailored to business intensity, such as year-end closing.
- Interim management – stepping in quickly, taking responsibility, and driving needed changes.
Finance / accounting team management
Our outsourced CFO services include active support in managing accounting and finance teams. We offer hands-on leadership, mentoring, and technical guidance to keep your department efficient and aligned with business goals. As a result, companies get more than compliance — they gain a high-performing finance function.
We can step in as a temporary leader or support newly promoted team members. In both cases, we help improve communication, task execution, and financial awareness across the organization.
- Oversight of accounting, controlling, or finance departments – bringing order, routines, and quality control.
- Delegating and enforcing tasks – optimizing workflows, setting deadlines, and introducing practical tools.
- Support for newly promoted employees – mentoring junior head accountants, team leads, or controllers.
- Leading financial meetings – with management or investors, using clear data, context, and business language.
Organizational project support
As part of our outsourced CFO services, we take responsibility for high-impact financial projects. This includes implementing new standards, consolidating data and processes, or completing unfinished work left by a departing CFO. In short, we step in where structure, experience, and execution are urgently needed.
We support companies during growth, change, or crisis. Our role is to organize financial operations and deliver what others don’t have the time or resources to handle.
- Implementing new reporting standards – e.g., IFRS for foreign owners or investment funds.
- Financial data consolidation – for capital groups or post-acquisition setups.
- Process unification across entities – standardizing charts of accounts, document flows, and reporting.
- Internal audits of financial structures – finding gaps, reducing risk, and recommending practical fixes.
- Completing CFO / Head Accountant legacy projects – budgeting, reporting systems, tool rollout.
- Cleaning up backlogs after “difficult departures” – regaining control and building a recovery plan.
Change and crisis management
Our outsourced CFO services are especially valuable in critical or turning-point situations. We provide stable, experienced support during ownership changes, acquisitions, or when financial control is missing. In these moments, we restore clarity, rebuild finance functions, and help companies regain control.
We act fast, discreetly, and with precision. Whether it’s a complete lack of oversight or financial chaos, we deliver practical solutions and calm leadership — exactly when it’s most needed.
- Stepping into crisis – diagnosing the situation and launching immediate recovery actions.
- Support during transitions – e.g., ownership changes, restructuring, due diligence, finance setup for new investors.
- Reactivating neglected finance functions – restoring procedures, reports, and internal controls.
Formal responsibilities and representation
As part of our outsourced CFO services, we take on formal responsibilities that require legal accountability. This includes signing financial statements, submitting tax returns, and representing clients before public and financial institutions. As a result, you can stay focused on your business while we ensure full compliance and formal safety.
We act as authorized accountants or official representatives, based on power of attorney. In addition, we handle audits, coordinate with banks and regulators, and take care of all formal communication.
- Signing financial statements and tax returns – including CIT, JPK, based on formal authorization.
- Representation before authorities – tax office, ZUS, GUS, banks, and financial regulators.
- Handling communication with auditors and institutions – collecting data, preparing responses, attending key meetings.
Executive relations and advisory
Our outsourced CFO services also include support in executive communication and decision-making. We explain finance clearly to owners, board members, and investors — even if they have no financial background. As a result, they can make informed decisions based on reliable, well-structured data.
We translate numbers into insight. We create reports, join meetings, and help build confidence in both the financials and the team behind them.
- Board-level financial advisory – we act as part of the executive team, formally or informally.
- Explaining results to non-financial stakeholders – e.g., business owners without finance experience.
- Creating materials for investors and boards – clear, visually consistent, and presentation-ready.
Comprehensive support and collaboration
Our outsourced CFO services can be part of broader financial support. We combine finance leadership with tax advisory, controlling, and accounting — all under one roof. This gives clients a single, cohesive partner instead of fragmented service providers.
The cooperation model is flexible. It can include both strategic support and operational execution. As a result, we cover the full finance function — from day-to-day bookkeeping to board-level strategy.
- Financial advisory, tax optimization, and training – we help analyze costs, choose the right tax structure, and train your team.
Example: evaluating Estonian CIT, designing a budget process, training managers on financial KPIs. - Accounting and financial reporting – full operational support: posting, VAT/CIT, statements, and contact with authorities.
Example: taking over accounting after ending cooperation with a previous provider.
Black Fire Consulting Piotr Podłowski
Helping companies understand their finances
NIP: 5222490941
REGON: 365754087
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